I have a NAS as production system (mostly video footage and project files) and a 1:1 backup. I only need to retrieve the backup data in cases of emergency. Such a case didn't occur yet.
Lately I'm concerned that the data on the backup might can get corrupted without being noticed. So I thought about hashing all files on both systems to check if there are any unexpected differences.
I didn't found any suitable tool to fit into my overall process, but I'm able to write my own python script for this purpose. This will take me some weeks though, so I would like to ask if it makes sense anyways.
I'm asking, because the backup is running every day (drives are active and internal error correction can take effect, however the backup software don't hash) and there is already a layer of error correction in network transport (and maybe windows OS and NTFS file system).
Is it advice able to apply an addition security layer doing SHA512 hashes on all files, or can a already rely on the existing error corrections?
Thanks!